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Sahel Food Security and Complex Emergency FACT SHEET #1, FISCAL YEAR (FY) 2013 NOVEMBER 6, 2012 SAHEL – FOOD INSECURITY AND COMPLEX EMERGENCY KEY DEVELOPMENTS As of early November, food security conditions had upgraded to No Acute Food Insecurity—Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) 1—in most areas of the Sahel, due to widespread harvests, relative reductions in food prices, and increased income-generating opportunities for many farmers and pastoralists, according to the USAID-funded Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET). However, conditions remained Stressed— IPC 2—in areas of northern Mali, western Niger, and southern Mauritania, where large numbers of conflict-displaced individuals and already vulnerable local populations reside. These individuals will likely continue to require targeted humanitarian assistance through late 2012. A proposed military intervention in northern Mali has raised concerns among humanitarian actors of a likely increase in population displacement region-wide, a potential reduction in access to vulnerable populations, and a possible halt to humanitarian response activities. The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), the African Union, the interim Government of Mali, and other entities are reportedly working to ready an intervention plan for the U.N. Security Council by late November, according to international media sources. The Mali Protection Cluster—the coordinating body for humanitarian protection activities in the country—updated the number of internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Mali in late October, revising the figure from nearly 119,000 to more than 203,000. The cluster noted that the increase reflects an improved estimate, not necessarily new displacement. The fluidity of IDP movements are constraining efforts to capture precise information on displacement patterns, and agencies continue collaborating to enhance coverage and verify IDP estimates. USAID’S Office of Food for Peace (USAID/FFP) is providing an additional $45 million in U.S. food commodities to address ongoing emergency needs in the Sahel. While $30 million of the food aid will reach refugees and vulnerable drought-affected households in Chad, $15 million will support a U.N. World Food Program (WFP) regional emergency operation to benefit refugees and IDPs affected by the crisis in Mali. HUMANITARIAN FUNDING PROVIDED IN FY 20131 USAID/FFP Assistance to the Sahel $45,000,000 Total USAID Assistance to the Sahel $45,000,000 HUMANITARIAN FUNDING PROVIDED IN FY 20121 USAID/OFDA2 Assistance to the Sahel $63,716,641 USAID/FFP Assistance to the Sahel $298,323,129 State/PRM3 Assistance to the Sahel $38,529,782 Total USAID and State Assistance to the Sahel $400,569,552 Context In 2012, an estimated 18.7 million people in the Sahel—comprising areas in Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, The Gambia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, and Senegal—experienced food insecurity resulting from inadequate 2011 harvests. Beginning in January 2012, conflict in northern Mali complicated the situation by triggering massive displacement throughout the region, including to already food-insecure neighboring countries. In FY 2012, the U.S. Government (USG) responded to disaster declarations in Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, The Gambia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, and Senegal. To date in FY 2013, the USG has reissued disaster declarations in Burkina Faso, Chad, and Mali. 1 Year of funding indicates the date of commitment or obligation, not appropriation, of funds. 2 USAID’s Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (USAID/OFDA) 3 U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration (State/PRM) 1 Regional As of November 5, desert locusts continued to cluster in northeastern Chad and central Niger, according to the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). The situation is likely similar in northern Mali, although insecurity continues to hamper attempts to monitor locust conditions. FAO expects additional swarms to form in all three countries and migrate to Algeria, Libya, and Mauritania, as well as potentially Morocco and Western Sahara, in the coming weeks. While survey teams continue to monitor cropping areas in central Mali for signs of locust swarms, FAO and partners are undertaking control operations in Chad, Mauritania, and Niger to treat locust-infested areas. If left unabated, the locusts could destroy crops in affected parts of the Sahel. On October 9, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon appointed Romano Prodi, former Italian Prime Minister and President of the European Commission, as the Special Envoy for the Sahel. Special Envoy Prodi is working to finalize and implement the U.N. Integrated Regional Strategy for the Sahel in consultation with national officials and regional entities; to support national, regional, and international mediation efforts in the region; and to coordinate international engagement in support of national efforts to address the underlying causes of instability and vulnerability in the Sahel, with an initial focus on Mali. On October 2, David Gressly, the U.N. Regional Humanitarian Coordinator for the Sahel, met with USG representatives to discuss current humanitarian needs in the Sahel and information management in Mali. Participants included Assistant Administrator for USAID’s Bureau for Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance Nancy Lindborg and Deputy Assistant Secretary for State/PRM Catherine Wiesner. Chad According to FEWS NET, the food security situation in Chad’s most food-insecure regions has improved from Stressed to No Acute Food Insecurity due to the arrival of harvests following seasonal rains, in combination with significant food aid efforts in 2012. USAID/FFP is providing nearly 19,000 metric tons (MT) of U.S. food commodities, including sorghum, vegetable oil, and corn-soy blend plus, to WFP to assist vulnerable populations in Chad. The aid—valued at approximately $30 million—is supporting food distributions for Chadians at risk of food insecurity during the coming year and for refugees from neighboring countries who now reside in eastern and southern parts of the country. In FY 2012, USAID/FFP provided nearly $85 million to WFP in food assistance, which included U.S. food commodities, as well as support for WFP to procure food available at local and regional markets for distribution to populations in need. Mali Estimates recently released by the Mali Protection Cluster indicated that approximately 121,000 IDPs were residing in southern Mali. The total included approximately 46,400 IDPs in Bamako city, 41,200 IDPs in Mopti Region, 19,300 IDPs in Segou Region, 8,300 IDPs in Sikasso Region, 3,300 IDPs in Koulikoro Region, and 2,800 IDPs in Kayes Region. An estimated total of 82,500 IDPs remained in the northern regions of Gao, Kidal, and Tombouctou. In early October, USAID/OFDA partner Oxfam/Great Britain (Oxfam/GB) completed a second round of voucher distributions to more than 2,500 vulnerable households in Kayes Region, southern Mali. Participants trade vouchers to obtain essential household items or cash from local merchants. In total, USAID/OFDA is providing nearly $2.7 million to support three partners in Kayes implementing agriculture and food security, livelihoods, and nutrition programs for the benefit of more than 20,000 people. USAID/OFDA partner, the Agency for Technical Cooperation and Development (ACTED), is supporting more than 5,000 IDPs residing in Bamako through cash transfers via mobile banking. Cash transfers allow beneficiaries to purchase essential goods or pay rent, utility, or school fees, for example. With personal identification cards provided by ACTED, beneficiaries can redeem the funds sent to their phones at certain stores or transfer the money to family members in need residing in other regions of Mali. In addition to cash transfers, ACTED is providing relief items to IDPs and supporting community groups to improve sanitation conditions in Bamako. To assist refugees and IDPs affected by the conflict in Mali, USAID/FFP is providing an additional 9,300 MT of U.S. food commodities—valued at approximately $15 million—to a WFP regional emergency operation. The food, comprising vegetable oil, rice, yellow split peas, and corn-soy blend plus, will support WFP’s targeted food distributions and blanket and targeted supplementary feeding activities. In FY 2012, USAID/FFP provided more than $20 million to the operation, which aims to provide emergency food assistance to approximately 555,000 conflict-displaced individuals in Mali, as well as Burkina Faso, Mauritania, and Niger. 2 USAID HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE TO THE SAHEL PROVIDED IN FY 20131 Implementing Partner Activity Location Amount USAID/FFP ASSISTANCE TO CHAD2 WFP Title II Emergency Food Assistance Countrywide $30,000,000 TOTAL USAID/FFP ASSISTANCE TO CHAD IN FY 2013 $30,000,000 WEST AFRICA REGIONAL USAID/FFP ASSISTANCE Title II Emergency Food Assistance for the Regional Emergency Operation to WFP Regional $15,000,000 Assist Refugees and IDPs Affected by Insecurity in Mali TOTAL USAID/FFP ASSISTANCE TO WEST AFRICA REGIONAL IN FY 2013 $15,000,000 TOTAL USG HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE TO THE SAHEL IN FY 2013 TOTAL USAID/FFP FUNDING $45,000,000 TOTAL USG HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE TO THE SAHEL IN FY 2013 $45,000,000 USAID AND STATE HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE TO THE SAHEL PROVIDED IN FY 20121 Implementing Partner Activity Location Amount USAID/OFDA ASSISTANCE TO BURKINA FASO3 Action Contre la Faim (ACF) Nutrition East Region $926,997 Africare Agriculture and Food Security Sahel Region $1,000,000 Catholic Relief Services Agriculture
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